Toxic Childhood

    Cards (2)

    • What was toxic Childhood?
      (Palmer)- Children in the UK are experiencing Toxic childhood. She argues that rapid tech and cultural advances have damaged children’s physical, emotional & intellectual development. These changes range from:
      • Junk food
      • Computer Screens
      • TV
      • Intensive marketing
      • Long hours worked by parents
      • The growing emphasis of testing in education
    • What are the evaluations of toxic childhood?
      -Some point out ‘Toxic childhood’ is a fir wolrd problem, it is better to be buying the expensive designer trainers to be in a sweat-shop making them etc. Some would argue the real toxic childhood would be that of children having to work in dangerous conditions or those subject to regular beatings at home and or school.